The Unique Real Estate Blog

Cheap property for sale is a great way to make long term capital gains but most investors make common mistakes and have know idea on how to turn the above into 30 – 100% profits or more.

Read the simple guidelines below for buying cheap property for sale and you could be on the way to huge gains.

Investing overseas has been long talked about as one step away from our dream property abroad but is it as easy as the TV and glossy magazines are trying to show it to us?

Here we have for you basic reminders to follow when you get started with overseas investments:

I read recently that most of the people who become landlords, roughly 85% of them file bankruptcy after five years.

Why the sky-high failure rate? After mentoring new investors for 16 years, I know it’s because people go into real estate investing with “pie in the sky” expectations that don’t pan out.

The disciples of the Dow Jones consistently advocate the stability of the stock market and love to demonstrate its solidity and profitability using 20, 30 and 50-year periods. No one’s refuting that; occasionally, however, it does CRASH - and when it did in the 30s, and again in the post-millennium period, the crash had a devastating and permanent outcome. Moneyed investors who had their fortunes ensconced in stocks suddenly became penniless. Those who had stock holdings especially on margin were looking forward to retiring with their loot, but because of the market’s lingering illness from 2000 to 2005; they’ve had to postpone retirement.

The flourishing industry of real estate has always been focused on reaping excellent profits with minimal cost investments. The spectrum of real estate investment is wide ranging from bank owned properties to government owned properties, private builder homes to foreclosure homes and so on. With depreciating dollar and globally rising need for land, investment in real estate is foreseen as a powerful investment.

California is no doubt the Golden State of the United States. The state’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product) is the largest in the country, and it’s only behind seven countries’ in the world. Now, doesn’t that speak volumes for the money making potential this state possesses? This is why California attracts thousands in search for a better living. And therefore, California real estate investing can be regarded as an all profit, no loss proposition.

Have you been thinking about getting into real estate investing? If you’re serious about becoming a real estate investor, one thing you really need to develop is the ability to appraise a home’s value. If all you’ve bought before is a car, and you’re used to seeing a NADA value placed in a book like you get with car dealers, forget it. There are no values placed on a home for sale apart from the one you work out for yourself. This is why it’s often best to stick to one or two areas for your real estate investing, at least initially. Doing this makes it easier for you to get a ‘feel’ for what a house is worth, based on other comparable houses that have recently sold in the area.

Selling land or small lots? Would you like to get more for your property and sell it faster? Then there are three important things you should do.

The recent brutal murder of a real estate agent working at an open house in McKinney, Texas brings the issue of personal safety to the forefront. It is a sad fact that many of the activities necessary for successful real estate investing, such as showing properties to potential buyers or renters, have some degree of risk. You may often be alone with people you don’t know, creating a potentially hazardous situation.

How You Can and Must Avoid Making Them

Mistake # 1. Spending thousands of dollars buying books, tapes and attending seminars and then putting all of that information on a bookshelf and never looking at (or using) it.